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...redistributing land to the peasants, nationalizing the railroads, expropriating foreign oil concessions. But his espousal of the little man brought the full power of the militaristic Right against him. As he fought off the Right the militant Left crept in behind him. Vicente Lombardo Toledano, secretary of the CTM (Confederation of Mexican Workers), began pumping Communism into the administration...
...ideological front General Avila Camacho, President Cárdenas' chosen successor, scored a thumping victory at the expense of Almazanismo. By Government pressure, large-eared, hot-eyed, Communistic little Vicente Lombardo Toledano was squeezed out of the secretaryship of the Government-supporting CTM (Confederation of Mexican Labor), probably to be replaced by non-Communistic Fidel Velásquez. Organizer of the CTM in 1936, nimble-minded Lombardo returned from Russia beating the Stalinist drum, vigorously antiFascist. When Moscow shifted so did he, screaming denunciation of the U. S., President Roosevelt, Great Britain and the Monroe Doctrine without losing...
...stated: "To elect anyone besides Camacho required a miracle. . . ." Wouldn't a little horse sense reveal that it would take a miracle to overcome the following? "Camacho's pre-election backing embraced . . . Cardenas and . . . the Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana, the only nation-wide party, and the CTM, the federation of labor unions which boasts 1,000,000 members." Also . . . the Agrarian party which boasts more than a million members and which also declared for Camacho. A little arithmetic shows that Camacho strength can't help but total over two million votes. The total Mexican vote...
...means clear that Candidate Almazan was "resentfully repudiated," except by the political machine. Because the political machine of PRM, CTM and Agrarians declared for Avila Camacho does not mean that they went down the line for him. Many observers believe that a good part of the labor vote deserted Avila Camacho on election day. The Agrarian Party to which Reader Fishback refers is allied...
President Cardenas moved the following day to cool off the labor revolt, which threatened to spread to Communist-dominated unions. He issued a stern ultimatum to workers on the railroads not to split from CTM. He warned oil workers that unless they reorganized the entire industry within a reasonable time, he would cut wages, drop bonuses and take "other steps to get the industry back on a paying basis." The President's warning went down badly and not only the oil and rail workers, but also Government employes in the communications services threatened a general strike...